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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 1967" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Altons AND OIL LEAKS</strong></p><p></p><p>Reminded (thanks...) by Nikita 267........</p><p></p><p>The standard Vincent twin set-up assumes that the chaincase is NOT being pressurised by leakage through the main bearings and that all that is needed is the oil-flinger PD28/3 for a leakproof chaincase. If, however the chaincase IS being pressurised, just possibly because MY breather system was sub-optimal, a perfectly mixed cloud of oil-soaked air is vented via the dynamo drive to separate out covering the rear end of the bicycle with an oil film. But........evil twist of fate........dripping only from locations remote from the real source. Many hours were spent "curing" leak sources near these locations before the penny dropped. Squeezing half a cubic metre of silicon between Alton and chaincase resulted in a (relatively) pristine bike. </p><p>In the next thrilling episode: how our hero fixed the goddam breather....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 1967, member: 4034"] [b]Altons AND OIL LEAKS[/b] Reminded (thanks...) by Nikita 267........ The standard Vincent twin set-up assumes that the chaincase is NOT being pressurised by leakage through the main bearings and that all that is needed is the oil-flinger PD28/3 for a leakproof chaincase. If, however the chaincase IS being pressurised, just possibly because MY breather system was sub-optimal, a perfectly mixed cloud of oil-soaked air is vented via the dynamo drive to separate out covering the rear end of the bicycle with an oil film. But........evil twist of fate........dripping only from locations remote from the real source. Many hours were spent "curing" leak sources near these locations before the penny dropped. Squeezing half a cubic metre of silicon between Alton and chaincase resulted in a (relatively) pristine bike. In the next thrilling episode: how our hero fixed the goddam breather.... [/QUOTE]
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